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      • The Hammer Museum opened to the public in November 1990. Founded by Dr. Armand Hammer, former Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, the Museum was designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes. Financed by Occidental, the Museum was built adjacent to the Corporation’s international headquarters in Westwood.
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  2. The Hammer Museum, which is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, is an art museum and cultural center known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs. Founded in 1990 by the entrepreneur-industrialist Armand Hammer to house his personal art collection, the museum has since expanded its ...

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    • 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90024 (by UCLA campus)
  3. Founded by Dr. Armand Hammer, former Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, the Museum was designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes. Financed by Occidental, the Museum was built adjacent to the Corporation’s international headquarters in Westwood.

  4. Nov 3, 2023 · According to the Hammer Museum’s about us page, the Hammer was founded by Dr. Armand Hammer. The museum originally featured Dr. Hammer’s collections of old master paintings and drawings, as well as a collection of works on paper by Honoré Daumier and his contemporaries.

  5. Address. 10899 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90024. Get directions. Architects. Claud Beelman, Edward Larrabee Barnes. Style. Modern. Decade. 1960s. 1980s. Property Type. Commercial (All) Museum. Community. Los Angeles.

  6. Mar 24, 2023 · The three-story museum was built in 1990, tacked onto Occidental’s 15-floor headquarters. “It felt like a very sleepy corporate office,” said Michael Maltzan, who Philbin hired as the...

  7. Mar 29, 2023 · The museum is housed in what used to be the Occidental Petroleum building, the oil company Hammer ran for 30 years and built into the eighth largest in the country. Maltzan’s renovation...

  8. Oil on panel. 31 5/16 x 27 5/16 in. (79.5 x 69.4 cm). The Armand Hammer Collection, Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. John Singer Sargent, Dr. Pozzi at Home, 1881. Oil on canvas. 79 3/8 x 40 1/4 in. (201.6 x 102.2 cm). The Armand Hammer Collection, Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation.

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